Tasmania
[tæz'meiniə;-njə]
Definition
(noun.) an island off the southeastern coast of Australia.
(noun.) an Australian state on the island of Tasmania.
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Examples
- When the Dutch discovered Tasmania, they found a detached human race not very greatly advanced beyond this Lower Pal?olithic stage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Richardson, also, speaks of the reappearance on the shores of New Zealand, Tasmania, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But Dr. Gunther has lately shown that the Galaxias attenuatus inhabits Tasmania, New Zealand, the Falkland Islands and the mainland of South America. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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